About the Sound Selection Dialog Box

About the Sound Selection Dialog Box

Choosing a Compression Style

Changing the Format or Attributes of a Style

Saving a New Compression Style

Removing an Existing Compression Style


    About the Sound Selection Dialog Box

The Sound Selection dialog box supports the Audio Compression Manager (ACM). From the Sound Selection dialog box, you can do the following:

•	Choose an existing compression style

•	Create a custom compression style

•	Save a new compression style

•	Remove an existing style

•	View the available formats and attributes for compressing data


Choosing a Compression Style

The Name box lists all currently defined compression styles. A compression style specifies a compression format and compression attributes.

•	To select a compression style, choose its name in the Name box.

When you select a style, the Format and Attributes boxes display the format and attributes associated with the style you selected.


    Changing the Format or Attributes of a Style

To create a new compression style, you can change the format or attributes of an existing style, then save the changes using a new name.

When you change the formats or attributes of an existing style, Untitled appears in the Name box until you save your changes.

To change the formats or attributes of a style:

1.	Select the name of the existing style.

2.	From either the Format or the Attributes box, click the arrow to display the available choices. Select the choice you want from the list.

The choices available in the Format and Attributes boxes will vary depending on the drivers installed on your system.


Saving a New Compression Style

After you have selected the format and attributes for a new style, you must save the settings using a unique name. After you do, the name will appear in the Name box as an existing compression style.

To save a new compression style:

1.	In the Sound Selection dialog box, select the format and attributes you want for the style.

2.	Choose the Save As button. The Save As dialog box appears.

3.	In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the new style.

4.	Choose OK to return to the Sound Selection dialog box.

5.	In the Sound Selection dialog box, choose OK to return to the application.


Removing an Existing Compression Style

You can remove any existing style. You cannot remove Untitled from the list of styles.

To remove a style:

1.	From the Name list, choose the name of the style you want to remove.

2.	Choose the Remove button.


Choosing a Compression Style

Changing the Format or Attributes of a Style

Saving a New Compression Style

Removing an Existing Compression Style


About the Sound Selection Dialog Box

Changing the Format or Attributes of a Style

Saving a New Compression Style

Removing an Existing Compression Style


About the Sound Selection Dialog Box

Choosing a Compression Style

Saving a New Compression Style

Removing an Existing Compression Style


About the Sound Selection Dialog Box

Choosing a Compression Style

Changing the Format or Attributes of a Style

Removing an Existing Compression Style


About the Sound Selection Dialog Box

Choosing a Compression Style

Changing the Format or Attributes of a Style

Saving a New Compression Style